Most of the time, when I talk about cutting locust for firewood people look at me like I have asparagus growing out of my ears. Around here most people pass it up (I just don't think most have ever tried it). I go out of my way to cut it and never turn it down.
Me too. I'll snatch it up before oak.
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Do we know that honey locust does drop its thorns? If so, I have a few to girdle that I have been avoiding. I can get through the layers of thorns to get at the base with my saw well enough to girdle them. My thorns have thorns with thorns on them.I've poisoned or girdled hundreds of Honey Locusts this past year. I'll wait for them to die and drop their thorns. Only worth it because it makes great firewood.
Or you can try this,
locust thorns burning:
wonder?? does it leave all the bark black??? I dislike cutting burnt wood,,and have done it...Hahaha, yeah I know these two lugnuts, both about 30ish and crazy as coon crap. The tree had been rung and Tordoned about a year, just built a fire out of feed sacks and let er go.
I myself wait until they drop off and rake into a pile and burn them. Those thorns have some oil either in them or on them so they will easily burn.
I try to be careful around the thorns as I've already had to have surgery on one finger over them, but I can't leave them alone entirely, too good of wood!!!
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